“Ay! But mercy, wuman, canna the French pray, as weel?”
“Nae doobt, they dae; but wha could understan’ they jabberin’ bodies?” snapped the interrogated one, in peremptory answer.
Curiously worded advertisements that are funny without intent are common in the London papers. Here are a few examples:
“A boy wanted who can open oysters with references.”
“Bulldog for sale; will eat anything, very fond of children.”
“Wanted an organist and a boy to blow the same.”
“Wanted, a boy to be partly outside and partly inside the counter.”
“Lost, near Highgate Archway, an umbrella belonging to a gentleman with a bent rib and a bone handle.”